Diversity of the European educational systems

The learners (travellers and hosts) discover the diversity of the European educational systems. They observe how it is different in the early childhood education regarding art, culture and parenthood in 5 European cities.
Non equivalence of the staff training in the different countries. Various environments of work : in the confidence in child and in his capacity in the experimentation, in the approach of nature / learning / education / plays and creativity.

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Evaluation of his own practices

Discovering the differences between the educational systems in early childhood makes everyone evaluate his own practices.
The various environments the learners have discovered have enriched their point of view, made them wonder about it and about their own practices. Through discussion and co-construction they collaborate and think in new ways.

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Complementary crossing trainings

Thanks to the knowledge of the theoric systems’ variety which underline the work and the training of the European early childhood professionals, new requests are expressed.
Role of art in the training evolution. Requests of complementary crossing trainings, symposiums, reception of the exhibition as a work tool… Appetite and openness!

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International resonances

Participation in the project of Mexican, Hungarian and French students. Considering the importance of the subject, they ask for relaying the informations in their own country through dissertations, publications and web sites.

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Children's creativity

Change in practices: Children plays – Artists plays: openness to the imagination and support to the creativity of everyone. Introduction of the extraordinary of workshops and shows in the daily life.
The play in which the child fixes the rules enables to build the identity. Assessment: To purchase more equipments that favor children’s creativity rather than standard toys. Sharing thoughts about creativity accompaniment.

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Training among artists for the creation dedicated to very young audience

Openness, support, accompaniment and transmission to artists who create for the first time for the early childhood: sharing experiences, thoughts, confrontation to the audience, new artistic collaborations…

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Press

Publication by artistes and educators from the different countries of articles in Le Furet, of chapters in two books (Petite Enfance et Particpation and Au-delà de la qualité) and of a book on the project and its major parts.
At instigation of S. Rayna (ENSL) : articles from A. Desfosses, C. Laredo, P. Aura, L. Gunther (to come : those from martinican artists, german and Spanish educators), chapters from A. Desfosses and educators of Villiers-le-Bel and a book (in project).

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Exhibition CHILDHOOD GOLDSEEKERS

“Childhood Gold-Seekers - Sharing words and points of view around very young children in five European cities” is a read and write scenographied exhibition. Created in March 2012. Planned tour in our 5 countries and beyond.
An exhibition to think about adults aptitudes showing the concentration qualities, the daydreaming, the curiosity and the creativity of children in order to respect their inventiveness and their sensibility

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Exchanging ideas and good practices

Artistic workshops influence: Openness to every kind of languages by the art: the theatre, the object, the dance, the photography: improvisation, importance put on the body, on the non-verbal expression, on the emotions, on the person within a group
Discovery of other possible contact levels: the hierarchical barriers between parents, education professionals and children fall down. The national languages don’t obstruct anymore. Capacity to be surprised by the other and inventive in the pleasure

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New resources for learning

Education and live performance dedicated to the early childhood. Organization of meetings and symposiums around good quality, sensitive and poetic shows. Diversification of the audiences.
Before and after the show are the moments for the child’s development. Adults develop their capacity to judge the qualities of the shows and to listen to the children’s reactions. Art is a new way for adults and children to know each other

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Innovative education and training modules

New vision of the child and the confidence in his capacities. The artist interacts with the child and the adult on another level than in normal daily life.
Interest in the process more than the results. Non-verbal plays and body language; emotions considered to be sensitive informations. Openness to another approach of the child and of its identity construction.

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Collaborative ways of learning

Reflection upon the parents’ place in education in the different countries of the project.
After taking part in workshops, symposiums and shows, expression of the parents’ desire to be considered like co-educator alongside professionals; transmission, current appropriation of new approaches parent-child / parent-professional

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Learning from children

Ken Robinson has already related about children´s creativity. More creativity has been observed in the youngest children rather than the oldest. We all know how important is the industry of toys for children, and we can observed the general tendency to reduce the possibilities of use of each game, searching it´s max. specialization. The economic benefits of this consumption is proportional to the damage made on creativity. Very young children can teach adults about creativity playing with them.

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Dance performance Petit Câlin

Petit Câlin is a dance performance for children and their parents/ accompanying adults. Theme of this nonverbal, not story telling performance is emotions. Premiere in March 2012.
Among the vast cultural diversity there is something basically common in human behaviour: emotions. Discussions before and after each performance are essential parts of this performance. What child sees and feels during the performance can totally surprise his parents/accompanying adults.

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Festival in november 2010

During the festival there were 1252 visitors. They came to see the performances for families with children between 1 and 2,5 years and to attend the workshops. During the organised "Speed dating" about 23 adults (educator, teacher, parents, representive of differents departements) had have the opportunity to get in contact with europeen artists to talk to them about their experiences and their working methods with and for young spectators. During 3 days the partner talk about ways to the child.

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Summary of Martinique

Ateliers for children without words.
"Allready on Monday the german team startet with his Ateliers. L. Günther (Regisseur) and F. Harder (mother) work yesterday with two groupes of children in Godissard. After Yves-Liliane Lahely, the directory of the crèche, the contact was positiv from the beginning on. The difference was obviously. L. Günther was working with the children in silence, but we are allways in the need to verbalise everything." (article in the press in martinique).

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Workshop "I see something but you can't see it..."

"I see something, but you don't see it..."
Playfully contact with material -
The suitcase get opened, old cloths, films, feathers, wooden sticks, hats.....What could you do with these things? During the game these objects getting transformed - everybody discovers something else. Do we play together?How adults observe their children - what they are able to do? How do the little ones take these materials - they are able to "imagine" something? How do they observe one another? Do they have fantasy?

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"What have we learned from each other?"

The adults appreciate their children with art in a new way. The meaning of word is getting in back seat. The body language, the intensity of the contact between adult and child is deciding over the quality of the reciprocative perception and understanding. The result and the understanding are getting free from their onesided cognitive meaning. Learning is getting latitude. With art the space, time, silence and contact are attain their meaning.

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Festival in november 2011

1422 visitors - children, educators, parents, students experienced an extraordinairy theatre for children between 0,5 and 6 years. During conversation we feel: there is a perceptible tendency. The activities from the child and his perceptions are having an important value of the quality from the performance for the adult from our public. For the adults it is important how the child is feeling during the perfromance, if there are possibilities for associations and the involvement from the child.

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"The child as an artist"

To experience the child as an artist, is enlarging our own ideas and possibilies to play. On the way to discover new partners we found the "Reggio-Pedagogic" togheter with the theorie from "hundred language from the child". There is a danger, that the the school and the society are isolate the head from the body. But sensually perception is the basis for thinking.
It exists a municipal project CHEMIDA in Chemnitz with a team, which was founded in cooperation with ARMES THEATER.

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Summary of the Helsinki-Mobility

The social background is giving the condition. Which rights are having the children to receive art? In Finnland each educator is attending during his studies to get en educator two courses in art. The art-center ANNANTALO is working in Helsinki in a network with apr. 650 professionelle artists with pedagogical formation. There they offer courses and about 4000 children do attend the courses. 8% of the costs is paying the country and 92% the city of Helsinki. The courses are free for the child.

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Innovation in the continuous training

Thanks to the support of the CNFPT (Martinique delegation) several trainings for the professionals of the early childhood
These trainings were intended to answer questionements connected to the awareness of the interêt of the art in the universe of very young child.
What places to give to the creativity of the child in its everyday life?
How as professional do we use the imagination to play or return in touch with him?

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Training among artists for the creation dedicated to very young audience

The meeting with artists and European public, and with professionals of the early childhood during residences permits Lucette SALIBUR 'Artist local ) to confront to other imagination.
And it stimulated the own imagination.
A " NOT beatifiant " was born.
This work has to permits to strengthen the interest carried to the little childhood and to optimize the meeting parent / child around the same show.

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